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The post There Ain't No Shelley Long Here: Transport Group's <em>Hello Again</em> appeared first on Slant Magazine.
If the already terrific Something Something Ãœber Alles were a multimedia production it would be Obie Obie über alles as well.
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Any native of a downtrodden city will tell you that there's an undeniably authentic quality to the work here.
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Nothing could have prepared me for Rapp's chilling, unrelentingly committed glimpse into dystopia with Nursing.
The post Adam Rapp's <em>The Hallway Trilogy</em> at Rattlestick P…
The joy of watching Daniel Kitson comes from the performer's own (very British) love of language.
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You can't swing a cat in this town without hitting a theater with a dysfunctional family drama, and this one even has the kitty to prove it.
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Adam Bock's plays need to be handled as delicately as someone balancing an egg on a spoon from room to room.
The post What's That Smell?: <em>A Small Fire</em> and <em>Drac…
'Tis the season for surreal culture shock.
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Haunted might have benefited from more claustrophobic surroundings.
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The top-notch ensemble that breathes life into these characters is compelling both for individual artistic talent and team workmanship.
The post Toneelgroep Amsterdam's <em>Children of…
David Duchovny orchestrates Neil LaBute's new play like a virtuoso.
The post Livin' on a Prayer: <em>The Break of Noon</em> and <em>The Red Shoes</em> appeared first …
Ghosts in the Cottonwoods is without question some of the most raw and intestine twisting theater happening in New York City right now.
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Those who just can't get enough of ace actor Michael Shannon can now get nothing but him.
The post Men Behaving Badly: <em>Mistakes Were Made</em>, <em>Devil Boys from Beyo…
Star wattage seems to be the new energy source powering Broadway.
The post Star Turns: Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in <em>Driving Miss Daisy</em> and Jan Maxwell in <…
Wagner knew that the search for a hero who can keep the darkness at bay while protecting us from the forces of evil is something that all people can get behind.
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How do you want it: long and slow or hard and fast?
The post Downtown Block Party: <em>Gatz</em> and <em>The Deep Throat Sex Scandal</em> appeared first on Slant Maga…
Another season, another round of Brit transfers
The post British Invasion: <em>Brief Encounter</em> and <em>The Pitmen Painters</em> appeared first on Slant Magazine.
When Alex Timbers was 12 years old, he and an elementary school buddy had their own public access cable show in Manhattan.
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Perhaps the most shocking aspect of provocateur Ivo van Hove's slick remounting of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes is that it really isn't that shocking.
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As the economy crumbles all around us, Depression-era nostalgia is in the air.
The post Clowning Like It's 1933: The New York Clown Theatre Festival appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Busch discusses playing a mother superior in his new play, now at the Soho Playhouse.
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The production is far from a party and more akin to a long soiree in which the cool people haven't arrived yet.
The post <em>Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party</em> at the Aco…
This has to be the toughest prediction year since Avenue Q shockingly walked away with the Best Musical prize six years ago.
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Shear sat down with us recently to talk about her new play.
The post Restoring Beauty: Playwright Claudia Shear Talks <em>Restoration</em> appeared first on Slant Magazine.
If The Burnt Part Boys is good-natured Wonder bread, then Oliver Parker! is burnt toast that's been peed on.
The post All The Young Dudes: <em>The Burnt Part Boys</em> and <em…
